I lived in Upstate new york for 18 years. Alls they have is accumalation of snow and salt. 20 feet of snow a year is no big deal there. I lived in Alex Bay also and have pics of the snow piled up from the snow plow to the top of the telephone poles along the entire main road.

 

That's why I moved out of Upstate NY to NC..no storage problems. Just get on yuor bike and RIDE!

 

put in fuel stabilizer.
run the bike for a few minutes to get it in the lines.
completely top off the tank
change oil
clean and wax
park on carpet or cardboard, not concrete.
connect battery tender!
cover the bike with a breathable cotton cover.
cry
pray for short winter.

 

LOL, dude! Southern California!

 

If it is a nice ride I take good care of it down here You save on the winter preps...

Mimo.

 

There in the small picture to the left, you can see all my bikes securely stored for winter....just like food, they should be frozen so as to keep them fresh. Actually that particular winter, it snowed one night...alot....and just sort of kept on snowing all winter. I had been riding just the day before. Never could move them, garage was frozen shut and snowed in, the bikes were quickly buried in snow. Then, in spring, when it melted off, to my supprize they were all fine. They all fired up just fine. That was about eight years ago. The Heritage (furthest to the back) still looks like the day I bought it, and runs perfectly. So, I have found you don't really have to do anything. Just roll it into the garage, roll it back out in the spring.

 

Gotta agree here, why go through all the trouble in winterizing it? Unless you have severe inclimate weather just keep her on the road as much as possible. But, I guess if ya gotta shelter your iron horse ya gotta

 

Yep, PHX is a lil' warmer than here, but WE RIDE in Albq also!

Jus' fire it up every few days, and if it ain't slick out there, then ride the beast all you can!!!

I put my Harley cover on her when it gets below 40, it breathes and keeps the frosties offa the scoot! Next day, clean and dry and ready ta ride!

 

I do no winterizing, because I live in SOUTH TEXAS, there is no winter here. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. The coldest it gets here is may be in the 30's, then only for a few days and it is back up to he 70's. HA HA HA HA. This is the price we pay for 90 and 90 from April through September each year. 90 Degrees and 90% humidity. Just now getting cool enough to ride without sweating your ars off. As they say down here Winterizing, we don't need no stinking winterizing.

 

A newbie so please be kind:

Any thoughts on fuel stabilizer for injected vs. carb?

Thanks in advance